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Canavalia cathartica (maunaloa; Wild Bean; Liane Caiman; Tu Tu Faroa; Pwa Maron; Liane Caimen)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Canavalia cathartica, commonly known as maunaloa, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae. It has a Paleotropical distribution, occurring throughout tropical regions in Asia, Africa, Australia, and many Pacific Islands, and extending just into subtropical areas.
View Wikipedia Record: Canavalia cathartica

Attributes

Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [1]  Vine

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Gombe National Park II 8799 Tanzania
Kruger National Park II 4718115 Mpumalanga, South Africa
Pulu Keeling National Park II 6469 Cocos (Keeling) Islands    

Predators

Pinnaspis strachani (lesser snow scale)[2]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0